Hyemin Yeon
Papers
7
Total Citations
29
H-Index
4
About
Hyemin Yeon is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of early childhood education and human-robot interaction. Her work focuses on how young children perceive, engage with, and learn from intelligent service robots and augmented reality technologies in kindergarten settings. Yeon’s major contributions include developing the “Projector Robot for Augmented Children’s Play,” a system that combines robot assistants with augmented reality to support dramatic play activities, and designing teacher-assistive robot content (such as the “Our Class” suite) for the iRobiQ platform. Her studies, each garnering 4–5 citations, have explored children’s understanding of robot speech registers, their emotional relationships with robotic assistants, and the usability of robots as educational tools. Notably, her 2011 work on projector robots for children’s play and her 2012 investigation of young children’s responses to technological components in dramatic activities have laid foundational insights for designing developmentally appropriate, engaging human-robot interfaces. Yeon’s research demonstrates that even very young learners can form meaningful perceptions of robots, making her a key voice in shaping how technology can support—rather than overwhelm—early childhood education.
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- 1Projector robot for augmented children's play5 citations · 2011
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- 5Intelligence Robot Contents for Early Childhood Education Settings4 citations · 2009
- 6Supporting augmented reality based children's play with pro-cam robot3 citations · 2013
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